Peter B. Porter, Jr.

Peter B. Porter, Jr.

Peter B. Porter, Jr. was an American politician.

Life

Ne was the nephew of Peter Buell Porter.

He was a Whig member from Niagara County of the New York State Assembly from 1838 to 1841, and was Speaker in 1841.

In 1852 he was a vice president of the committee that organized the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of Lundy's Lane.

ources

*John Stilwell Jenkins: "History of Political Parties in the State of New-York" (Alden & Markham, Auburn NY, 1846)
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B03EFD91531E13BBC4B52DFB1668389649FDE] Committee for celebration of the Battle of Lundy's Lane, in NYT on July 13, 1852


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